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Saturday, February 18, 2012

AVENGERS (Update)

Hydraulx special effects supervisor Chris Wells gave our
friends over at, Starburst Magazine some interesting info on the opening
sequence for Marvel's The Avengers that the company is overseeing.

"We're doing what essentially boils down to the prelude
of the movie," he said.

Thor & Cap Ready To Kick ASS!!

"There's a whole intro that happens before you start
even getting the titles and it's pretty big. There's nothing small in this
movie. I went to a screening with all the temporary visual effects and it was
pretty fleshed out. It's a long movie but it doesn't feel like it. Out of all
the comic book movies and franchises I've worked on, this is the best one I've
seen so far."

That is certainly good news for the fans, considering he's
worked on the "X-Men" films, Captain America: The First Avenger, The
Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Green Lantern and many more.

Avengers FanMade Poster

He was also asked if the film would be driven by action or
the character-oriented work that writer/director Joss Whedon is known for.
"I think they nailed both," he said. "I think he did a very good
job of setting up the characters based on what we know from the Marvel
franchise, integrating them together with all their differences and
similarities and then getting on with business. And just when you think the
movie is a character piece it just goes nuts."

Confirming that the Red Skull is not in the film, he added:
"I promise you it's not going to be boring. This thing has gone so big
that Marvel are dwarfing their other franchises.

For people who enjoy
the comics and haven't really liked the way some of the characters were treated
in other movies, I think they're going to be a little more appeased by this
one. Especially the Hulk. They let the Hulk be Hulk and that's great. He acts
more like the comic book Hulk. It's fun.

My biggest problem with every single superhero movie is I
don't think the payoff ever matches the build up. This one definitely
does."

Avengers will release in South Africa on the 27th
of April and the 4th of May in the USA.